An Eerie Morning

What will you do if you wake up one morning and behold the snout of a pig? So ugly, so stinking, so disgustingly close to you As for me I thought it was but a dream My eyes dilated in an attempt to wake But still the nightmare persisted I then shut my eyes tightly It was the midday chime that got me alert The sun shone so brightly, I squinted in sympathy From a source nearby, a cacophony of bizarre sounds emanated I was about to think it was one long and weird dream When I felt something on top of me Immediately my eyes defied the intense sunrays to see That I was sharing my bed with four ostriches and a pig While me room was crammed full with pigs and birds Impulsively, I jumped through my open windows Only to crash into more animals Till date I can’t tell what actually made me unconscious But I came around in the village clinic Where an elderly matron helped unravel the mystery Due to my long overdue rent The landlord leased the building to an animal farmer The intense sunlight was the result of a dismantled roof My frantic flight through the window led to a bird’s demise And the shylock farmer was outside waiting for his money --------------------------------------------------------------------------------